New research shows that slow oscillations in the brain, which occur during deep sleep and anesthesia, are guided by neuronal excitability rather than structural anatomy.

From solving puzzles to masterfully playing a game of chess, current artificial intelligence tools have employed algorithms ...

Using brain organoids, scientists discover how neurons might misfire due to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

The human brain can concurrently support a wide range of advanced mental functions, including attention, memory and the ...

In his new BBC show, Jim Al-Khalili journeys through hundreds of millions of years of brain evolution. Live Science spoke to ...

The human brain contains nearly 86 billion neurons, constantly exchanging messages like an immense social media network, but neurons do not work alone – glial cells, neurotransmitters, receptors, and ...

We investigated how our brains process language during real-life conversations. Specifically, we wanted to understand which brain regions become active when we're speaking and listening, and how these ...

At a time when conflict and division dominate the headlines, a new study from UCLA finds remarkable similarities in how mice and artificial intelligence systems each develop cooperation: working ...

For the first time, researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and Amsterdam UMC have identified what happens in neural networks deep within the brain during obsessive thoughts and ...

The human brain does more than simply regulate synapses that exchange signals; individual neurons also process information through "intrinsic ...